My Guy’s Taste in Music is SO Bad It’s a Turnoff. Help!

SELF's mental health expert, Catherine Birndorf, M.D., is here to help with all your life and relationship problems -- including how to deal with your dude's poor taste in tunes.

First, consider that personal differences can actually be good for keeping things interesting over the long haul. It's not uncommon, though, that as time passes, some of those little mismatches (in style or taste, for instance) can get pretty annoying. It's a problem, but it's not a fundamental problem.

Clashing religious beliefs, significant political differences or one partner wanting kids while the other doesn’t — these are the types of serious issues that can break up a relationship. So remind yourself that his bad choice of tunes is actually a good kind of trouble to have because it shows diversity of taste, and figure out how to live with it. Which is easy enough: Ask him to use headphones. And for you psychologically, appreciate the fact that he’s secure in his quirky taste and not a conformer. That confidence, at least, is a turn-on.